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congregation

Who acts: congregation, people, vicar, church, rabbi, bride · What happens: be, gather, sing, welcome, have, speak · To what, where: group, church, hymn, congregation, small congregation, synagogue · Speech: someone speaks here

«congregation» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 8 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: congregation in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: church — kept apart, not parsed.

A congregation is the group of people gathered in a church, synagogue or mosque for worship.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 congregation	det
2	congregation	congregation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 group	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 group	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 group	det
5	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	SCONJ	_	8 gathered	mark
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 gathered	nsubj
8	gathered	gather	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 group	acl:relcl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 church	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 church	det
11	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gathered	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 synagogue	punct
13	synagogue	synagogue	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 church	conj
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 mosque	cc
15	mosque	mosque	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 church	conj
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 worship	case
17	worship	worship	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 mosque	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 group	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a congregation	the group					tree rules
2	gather	past	people	the group not said here		a church and synagogue or mosque for worship			vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent group=Theme

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Meaning 2

The members of a particular church or religious community.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 members	det
2	members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 church	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 church	det
5	particular	particular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 church	amod
6	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 members	nmod
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 community	cc
8	religious	religious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 community	amod
9	community	community	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 church	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 members	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Meaning 3

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

Any gathering of people or animals.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	2 gathering	det
2	gathering	gathering	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 people	case
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 gathering	nmod
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 animals	cc
6	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 people	conj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 gathering	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

The congregation sang a hymn together.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 congregation	det
2	congregation	congregation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sang	nsubj
3	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 hymn	det
5	hymn	hymn	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sang	obj
6	together	together	ADV	_	3 sang	advmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sang	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	the congregation	a hymn				together property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hymn=Theme

Example 2

The vicar welcomed the congregation.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 vicar	det
2	vicar	vicar	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 welcomed	nsubj
3	welcomed	welcome	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 congregation	det
5	congregation	congregation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 welcomed	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 welcomed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	welcome	past	the vicar	the congregation					vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent congregation=Theme

Example 3

Our church has a small but friendly congregation.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 church	nmod:poss
2	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 congregation	det
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 congregation	amod
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 friendly	cc
7	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 small	conj
8	congregation	congregation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Our church	a small congregation					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent congregation=Patient

Example 4

The rabbi spoke to the congregation in the synagogue.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rabbi	det
2	rabbi	rabbi	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spoke	nsubj
3	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 congregation	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 congregation	det
6	congregation	congregation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spoke	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 synagogue	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 synagogue	det
9	synagogue	synagogue	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spoke	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 spoke	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	past	the rabbi			the synagogue		to the congregation	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to congregation=Co-Agent

Example 5

The congregation stood up when the bride came in.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 congregation	det
2	congregation	congregation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stood	nsubj
3	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 stood	compound:prt
5	when	when	SCONJ	_	8 came	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bride	det
7	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 came	nsubj
8	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 stood	advcl
9	in	in	ADV	_	8 came	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 stood	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand up	past	the congregation						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	come in	past	the bride						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 6

The whole congregation said «Amen».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 congregation	det
2	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 congregation	amod
3	congregation	congregation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 Amen	punct
6	Amen	amen	INTJ	_	4 said	ccomp
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 Amen	punct
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the whole congregation						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Example 7

A congregation of seagulls gathered on the beach.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 congregation	det
2	congregation	congregation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 seagulls	case
4	seagulls	seagull	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 congregation	nmod
5	gathered	gather	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 seagulls	acl
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 beach	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 beach	det
8	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gathered	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 congregation	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gather	participle		seagulls not said here		the beach			vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 8

The congregation sat in cushioned seats, and sang out of their Prayer-Books.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 congregation	det
2	congregation	congregation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sat	nsubj
3	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 seats	case
5	cushioned	cushion	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 seats	amod
6	seats	seat	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sat	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 sang	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 sang	cc
9	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sat	conj
10	out	out	ADP	_	15 Books	case
11	of	of	ADP	_	15 Books	case
12	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 Books	nmod:poss
13	Prayer	prayer	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 Books	compound
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 Prayer	punct
15	Books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 sang	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	the congregation			cushioned seats			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in seat=Location
2	cushion	participle							tree rules
3	sing out speech: express	past	the congregation not said here	seats's Prayer Books					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location book=Theme

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